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How to get to the Genting Arena

If coming by car, use B40 1NT for your sat-nav and then follow the parking signs at the NEC site.

You could also get a train, as the arena is next to Birmingham International station. Trains coming from Birmingham New Street take 10 to 15 minutes to get to that stop.

There are buses from Birmingham Coach Station to Birmingham Airport. From the airport you can get to the arena in minutes using the free Air-Rail Link. There are also buses from Birmingham coach station via Birmingham Moor Street Bus/Rail Interchange. The 900 local bus service runs every 20 minutes during the day, journey time approximately 30 mins.

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Where to park

Paying on the day costs £10. It costs the same if you pay for parking in advance but the advantage is you can avoid the queues at the parking kiosks as you exit the site after the show.

NEC Express parking costs £20 and guarantees you a parking space in designated car park only 450 metres from the arena (approximately 5 min walk). Not only this but after the show you get priority exit, for a quicker and easier drive off the NEC site.

What is the row over Britney miming?

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Britney Spears has long been accused of miming when she performs on stage. And the online chatter about her lip-syncing has surfaced yet again because of the new run of concert dates.

So what's the truth behind it?

Our sister site HullLive reviewed her Scarborough show, her first UK date, and said : "Despite criticisms that she was miming throughout the entire show, it was hard to see how anyone, unless superhuman, could complete an almost two-hour set with complex dance moves while singing live at the same time."

In 2017, she said in a TV interview broadcast in Israel: "I’m glad you’re addressing this question, because it’s really funny. A lot of people think that I don’t sing live. I usually, because I’m dancing so much, I do have a little bit of playback, but there’s a mixture of my voice and the playback.

“It really p****s me off because I am busting my ass out there and singing at the same time and nobody ever really gives me credit for it, you know?"

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Australian news site News.com.au wrote: "She must be a damn good singer then, because if you head to her long-running Piece Of Me Las Vegas residency, you’ll hear renditions of her many hits sounding just as they do on CD, delivered pitch-perfect as she busts out energetic dance routines.

"When she forgets to hold the microphone near her face, the perfect live vocals continue. Even when Britney loses her microphone entirely, the perfect live vocals continue."

Back in 2013, Britney's manager said it was "physically impossible" for any pop star not to lip-sync during a fully-choreographed concert.

He said that during some songs there would be recorded vocals playing where she was "full-out dancing."